#B255E9#B255E9

#B255E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.221 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B255E9
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(278, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, 61.68, -59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 85.73, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.1434 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.221 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3138, 21.8459, 79.3787)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B255E9 #8CE955

analogous

#6855E9 #B255E9 #E955D6

triadic

#B255E9 #E9B255 #55E9B2

tetradic

#B255E9 #E96855 #8CE955 #55D6E9

square

#B255E9 #E96855 #8CE955 #55D6E9

split-complementary

#B255E9 #D6E955 #55E968

monochromatic

#7516AD #991FE2 #B255E9 #CB8BF0 #E3C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#B255E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#B255E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B255E9

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B255E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B255E9	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4382E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b255e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.221 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8af1',
    500: '#b255e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b255e9;
$custom-light: #cd8af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b255e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.703,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62903,
    "c": 0.22087,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B255E9

secondary

#C6E8B2

accent

#D90C58

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B255E9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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